Web System, Communication Control Device, and Storage Medium

1. A Web system, comprising: an image forming apparatus; a communication control device connected to the image forming apparatus and including a print server function; and an information processing apparatus connected via a network and the communication control device to the image forming apparatus and configured to obtain information on the image forming apparatus in the form of Web information from the communication control device and to display the Web information in a Web browser of itself; wherein the information processing apparatus includes a Web information request unit configured to send a Web information request via the network to the communication control device to obtain the Web information, the Web information request including a language identifier indicating a language to be used to display the Web information in the Web browser; and the communication control device includes a Web information storing unit configured to store the Web information, a Web information generating unit configured to retrieve the Web formation from the Web information storing unit in response to the Web information request, generate transmission information from the retrieved Web information, extract the language identifier from the Web information request and determine whether the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function of the communication control device, and a Web information sending unit configured to send the generated transmission information via the network to the information processing apparatus, wherein the Web information stored in the Web information storing unit comprises (i) an HTML file that is an information display program for displaying the information on the image forming apparatus and (ii) language-dependent files that are data representing the information on the image forming apparatus in respective languages, wherein if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function, the Web information generating unit generates a file name of the transmission information by inserting the extracted language identifier into a file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files, and if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is not supported by the print server function, the Web information generating unit generates the file name of the transmission information by inserting a predetermined default language identifier into the file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files.

2. The Web system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Web information sending wilt is configured to process the Web information retrieved from the Web information storing unit based on the language identifier.

3. A communication control device connected to an image forming apparatus and including a print server function for sending information on the image forming apparatus in the form of Web information via a network to an information processing apparatus where the Web information is displayed in a Web browser, the communication control device comprising: a storage unit configured to store the Web information; a Web information request receiving unit configured to receive a Web information request for the Web information from the information processing apparatus via the network; a Web information generating unit configured to retrieve the Web information from the storage unit bused on the Web information request and to generate transmission information from the retrieved Web information; and a Web information sending unit configured to send the generated transmission information via the network to the information processing apparatus, wherein the Web information stored in the storage unit comprises (i) an HTML file that is an information display program for displaying the information on the image forming apparatus and (ii) language-dependent files that are data representing the information on the image forming apparatus in respective languages, wherein the Web information request received by the Web information request receiving unit includes a language identifier indicating a language to be used to display the Web information in the Web browser, and the Web information generating unit is configured to extract the language identifier from the Web information request and to determine whether the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function of the communication control device, wherein if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function, the Web information generating, unit generates a file name of the transmission information by inserting the extracted language identifier into a file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files, and if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is not supported by the print server function, the Web information generating unit generates the file name of the transmission information by inserting a predetermined default language identifier into the file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files.

4. The communication control device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the Web information request is a URL including the language identifier; and the Web information generating unit includes a request analysis unit configured to analyze a character string of the URL received by the Web information request receiving unit and thereby to identify the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files that is requested as the Web information by the information processing apparatus.

5. The communication control device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the Web information generating unit further includes a language determining unit configured to extract the language identifier from the URL and to determine whether the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function of the communication control device; and a transmission information generating unit configured to process the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files that is identified by the request analysis unit according to the determination result from the language determining unit and thereby to generate the transmission information to be sent to the information processing apparatus.

6. The communication control device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the transmission information generating unit is configured to generate the file name of the transmission information by inserting the predetermined default language identifier into the file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files if the language determining unit is not able to extract the language identifier.

7. The communication control device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein if the one of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files identified by the request analysis unit is the HTML file and the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function, the transmission information generating unit embeds information regarding the language indicated by the extracted language identifier in the HTML file.

8. The communication control device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein if the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files identified by the request analysis unit is the HTML file and the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is not supported by the print server fraction, the transmission information generating unit embeds information regarding a language indicated by a predetermined default language identifier in the HTML file.

9. The communication control device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein if the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files identified by the request analysis unit is the HTML file and if the language determining unit is not able to extract the language identifier, the transmission information generating unit embeds information regarding the language indicated by the predetermined default language identifier in the HTML file.

10. A storage medium having program code embodied therein for causing a computer to perform a print server function of a communication control device connected to an image forming apparatus and including a storage unit for storing information on the image forming apparatus in the form of Web information, which print server function sends the Web information via a network to an information processing apparatus where the Web information is displayed in a Web browser, the program code comprising: a Web information request receiving code unit configured to receive a Web information request for the Web information from the information processing apparatus via the network; a Web information generating code unit, configured to retrieve the Web information from the storage unit based on the Web information request and to generate transmission information from the retrieved Web information; and a Web information sending code unit configured to send the generated transmission information via the network to the information processing apparatus. wherein the Web information stored in the storage unit comprises (i) an HTML file that is an information display program for displaying the information on the image forming apparatus and (ii) language-dependent files that are data representing the information on the image forming apparatus in respective languages, wherein the Web information request received by the Web information request receiving code unit includes a language identifier indicating a language to be used to display the Web information in the Web browser, and the Web information generating code unit is configured to extract the language identifier from the Web information request and to determine whether the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function of the communication control device, wherein if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function, the Web information generating code unit generates a file name of the transmission information by inserting the extracted language identifier into a file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files, and if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is not supported by the print server function, the Web information generating code unit generates the file name of the transmission information by inserting a predetermined default language identifier into the file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files.